Within parent city
68
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally
Brockton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25023510800 · Plymouth County, MA · pop 8,026
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 25023510800 (Brockton in Plymouth County, Massachusetts) comes in at 6.9/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 93rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 55% of renter households, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,615 a month against an average household income of $61,735 a year, roughly 31% of income at the averages. About 63% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units2,275
Renter share62.8%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate17.7%
Median income$61,735
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
81
th percentile
High
National
75
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brockton and the region
Centroid at 42.0844, -71.0282 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brockton scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Brockton
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
17.7% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,615 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brockton
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brockton
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brockton
7.1
How Brockton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 73%Grade B
- 18%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 123Total filings over 1 yrs
- 10.07%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.1%Peak (2016)
- 123Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 29.3%Housing insecurity
- 19.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 33.4%Food insecurity
- 40.0%SNAP enrollment
- 19.0%Transit barriers
- 9.6%No health insurance
- 24.6%Frequent mental distress
- 41.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brockton
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Brockton eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Plymouth County average of 6.0 and above the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 29.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 19.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 123 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 10.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.1% of renter households in 2016.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 25023510800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25023510800?
Census tract 25023510800 in Brockton scores 5.3/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 25023510800?
Median gross rent is $1,615/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25023510800?
17.7% of residents in tract 25023510800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,026.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25023510800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 78th, minority 94th, housing 84th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25023510800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 123 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25023510800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.07% of renter households, peaking at 10.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25023510800 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.3% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 19.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25023510800 compare to Brockton overall?
Tract 25023510800 scores 5.3/10, lower than the parent city of Brockton at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brockton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 25023510800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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Highest-risk tracts in Brockton
Top eight tracts in Brockton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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25023510900
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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6
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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25023510300
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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25023511000
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.2
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